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The collection contains documents from the British National Archives on the history of Persia, Central Asia and Afghanistan. These range from correspondence or minutes to<\/span> Intelligence reports, newspaper extracts and maps.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This collection of Foreign Office files examines the history of Persia (Iran), Central Asia and Afghanistan from the decline of the Silk Road in the first half of the 19th century to the establishment of Soviet rule over parts of the region in the early 1920s. It covers the era of \"The Great Game\" - a political and diplomatic confrontation between the Russian and British empires over influence, territory and trade in a vast region, from the Black Sea in the west to the Pamir Mountains in the east.<\/p>

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